A Comprehensive Look at How Communities are Closing the School-to-Prison Pipeline

June 9, 2015

The notion of breaking the school-to-prison pipeline has been gaining a great deal of national attention recently and the conversation has gained traction. ACS’s new analysis, Better Than Zero: How alternative discipline is replacing zero tolerance to break the school-to-prison pipeline:

Provides an overview of the current national conversation;

Highlights a sample of state actions to end the school-to-prison pipeline; and

Offers a closer look at how research is proving the flaws in zero-tolerance policies.